pullback

Definitions of pull back in various dictionaries:

noun - a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back

noun - (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)

verb - pull back or move away or backward

verb - use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

verb - move to a rearward position

verb - stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)

verb - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

PULL BACK - make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"